Pair of Portraits of Samurai-Officials: Hirai Kyosei and Hirai Rinsei

Description

In this pair of figure paintings, the artist provided generational portraits of two clan leaders from the Hirai family, accompanied by lengthy inscriptions in a distinctive calligraphic style from separate scholar-officials.

Provenance

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Pair of Portraits of Samurai-Officials: Hirai Kyosei and Hirai Rinsei

Sando Hyosho

1776

Accession Number

1999.89

Medium

hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk

Dimensions

N/A

Classification

Painting

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

John L. Severance Fund